Check-cabinet.



D. E. & E. H. INGLB.

CHECK CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1009.

Pancd July 13,1909

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DAVID E. INGLE AND EDWIN H. INGLE, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

CHECK-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 18, 1909.

Application led May 14, 1909. Serial No. 495,885.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, DAVID E. INGLE and EDWIN II. INGLE, citizens of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of hflontgomery and State of Ohio, have in` vented certain new and useful lmprovements in (llieck-(labinets, and we do declare the followingl to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inif'ention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usc the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in cabinets and comprises a check cabinet for use in retail stores where a credit business is done, especially in retail grocery stores.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheek cabinet which constitutes a convenient means for hani'lling the checks which, when given to a customer has a money value which stands against him as a credit until the checks ai'e all taken back by the store keeper, at which time, the credit is exhausted and the amount due is payable. The cabinet all'ords a convenient means for dispensing the checks and receiving them and does away with the necessity ofkeeping a book to denote the various sales and credits thereon, also obviates the necessity of adding columns of figures with the incidental risk of errors.

ln the accompanying drawings, lligure 1, is a front elevation of our improved store keepers check cabinet.

sectional elevation thereof on the line o a of In a detail description of thc invention, similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts.

'lhe cabinet consists of two united parts, to-wit: a base portion 1 and an upper frame portion 2, the entire cabinet being of any suitable ornamental design and preferably constructed of wood. lhe upper portion of the base forms a suitable counter or shelf for the cabinet, and below said counter or shelf may be provided any suitable number of drawers in which to contain the various checks, said drawers being provided with lock and key. 'lhc upper portion of thecabinet consists olI a back which extends l'roni the back of the base portion, and sides 3,

which are joined by cross pieces el, a top 5 intended for chips Fig. 2, is a verticat and a front ornamental panel (l. Supported between the cross-pieces 4 4 ai'e a series of check tubes 7 which are preferably of glass or any other transparent material, and entrance to the upper ends of these tubes or cylinders, is provided by means of a series of flaring tubes 8 which communicate with the extreme top 5 of the cabinet through openings 9 in said top. The chips or checks 10 are dropped into the tubes through the upper ends or openings as received from customers, and cach of said tubes is of sinlieicnt diameter to contain a definite number of the chips or checks. Forexample, in Fig. 1, the tube of the greatest diameter is designed to contain checks correspoiiding in size to a silver dollar, while the tube of a smaller diameter is or checks corresponding in size to a ten cent piece. '.lhe money value of each lot of cheeks or chips so placed in said tubes is inscribed upon the front sides of said tubes, also on the face of the checks, and owing to the transparent nature of the tribes, the decreasing or inereasingnuniber of checks or the money value thereof may be at any time observed from the height of the stack of checks within the tubes and the indications on the tubes.-

lt will be understood that the checks or chips 1() as shown in Fig. 2, and designed for use in the cabinet, may be constructed of sheet metal or Celluloid; the valve of each series of checks being stamped thereon, for example, the dollar series of checks having 351.0() stamped thereon, while the series of checks representing cent values have stamped thereon 1 etc.

Extending entirely across the cabinet at a suitable point below the lower ends of the tubes, is a stationary plate 12 having its front edge 13 turned down. This plate 12 affords a support for a series of individual slides 14 which lie inunedialcly below the tubes and upon wlich rest the stacks of chips within said tubes., 'l`hc rearward ends 17- of these slides are turned down so as to form a shouldei' which is engaged by the cross plate 12 and thus the slides are prevented from being drawn too far lforwardly from beneath the tubes in removing the'cheeks, for example, in giving change. lhe said slides .L4 extend a sullcient distance `in front of the tu bcs to provide a down-turned 'linger'- piece by means of which said slides are drawn out in removing the checks. Each of the slides 14 has a recess 16 in its upper side lOO into which tho @hooks lin. The nid slides are nniintziinod in tho innor or nornnii ponition shown in Fig". 2 by :i spring i8, om` und of which scoured to thi?y doi'fintnrnod nd "x 13 of the pin-tn L., :ind ihn othor ond of ivhnV is zittinfhod to the dowwtnriwd ond l? of tho Slide,

In using' the Cabinet, noch olefrk is :,-:si;'nod with n drawer A E i.) or E with :i fortuin amount of @hooks thi-wein. Whvn :i rustoiner who in tho habit of rerniving; credit cornes or Sends to thn Stor?v for :in nrtich-, :ind is fri-ee from debt or hib` redit is oxioiidmi, i such person is givon :i supply of uhrohs ropresontiiw' n Garmin nionoy vnlno, any for me ample, 5.00, :nid n chock credit slip is nmdo out by the olnrk with the nnnio ol' auch pow son theroon :ind tho money vnlno ol' tho checks given, :ind is placed in tho drziwiroi" that particular clerk. noso @hooks nro subsequently received from such person or others sont to the store by him, in payment for goods until said checks are exhausted. As the checks are received, they nre drop )od into the tubes according to their fzico value, and at the end of the day the amount of sales or business dono may bo ascertained by looking atl the tubes to discover how many checks have been delivored thereto during the days business. The drawers contain the paper slips indicating the amount oi credit outstandinv.

No claim:

A credit system cabinet comprising; base sind upright portions, tho lnrsr hnving n sorins olE ilrzrwors:A therein, :ind tho upright. por- 'tionn` haring" n sorios ol' cross strips, :i sorins of voi-tival trzrnspninnt tubos ol' varying di- :mwturs mounted hr3-tvforen said cross strips, smid tubos ronn'nnnina-ting :it their upper @nds with ihninn openings which extend through thvy top of tho cfzibinct, n stzitionzny pinto bolow mid tubos havingr its front odge turned downwardly, :i series ol' Slides snpporlnd upon Huid philo nt the lowor ends ol tho tnbon, sind slidos hnving doprcssions :idnnwd Lo roi-.nivo tho ihncks from they tubes whim sind Slidiw` :no prossid inwzirdly, tho outer ends ol.' sind Slides bvinihr turned downwardly to providnl nninns lor pressing szrid slidos inwnrdly :ind for indicar ing' the vzduo ol' tno rlnwlin rmnovod thnroby, thvy ronrwnrd ondh of sind slii'iiis boing turnod downivxndly to ongngjo tho cross pluto :ind to thus liniit tho out/Wand inovomonts ol.' Suid slidos, and :L serios of springs nttnrhod to tho cross plato and to tho dmvn-turnod onds ol the Slides :ind sorving to lnovo Suid slidos to their outer ponitions in delivering the rhiwhs from the tubos.

In testimony whorooi4 we nllix our Signatures, in presence ol` two witnesses.

Di YH) E. NGLE. EDWIN ll. lNGLF 'iitnnsses. Y Y

l. J. MoCAn'rY, MATTHEW tncninzn. 

